Friday, April 30, 2010

Z is for Zebra... or is it?

Awesome news: Talli Roland is going to be publsihed!!! If you don't know her you are missing out one fantastic gal!!! Check her blog out now! Okay well after you read my post!

Justine had asked me to talk about Zebras, and since we are secret twins (so you can't tell anyone else!) I thought I would share with you that I think Zebra's ROCK!!! There you are Justine ;) Laura over at Wavy Lines also requested zebra considering it is her favorite animal, trust me I would know she has the coolest zebra picture on her blog!!

Okay so my word is really not Zebra in fact until yesterday morning I had no zero ideas of what I was going to write about, how I was going to wow you for the last letter in the alphabet, of course it had to be the hardest.

Lately I had been having some mediocre weeks, nothing was happening, life was dull and time was just passing me by. I hate when I don't look at life in a different light to get myself out of a funk. I needed a wake up call, that is when I was handed my word.

ZEST

A much needed pep in my step. The word struck me like lightning, a jolt of excitement shot through me! I could finally feel the breath of fresh air I had been longing for all week.

So what did I do to put a little zest back in my life you ask... I bought rollerblades. Yup, one of my many plans to get the zest and spice back into my life. I used to be a very active person, ran cross country, outside all afternoon and then the electronics took over, all my favorite shows I couldn't possibly miss, my laptop calling my name and now even blogger has fallen into the mix. Which ultimately means I lost a lot of me time, well I'm taking me time back.

Rollerblading rocks, I felt free, like I could do anything. Running really isn't my thing anymore but rollerblading is something I can see getting into.

What other things do I have in store for a more zesty life??

1. Girls night this evening, margaritas and chit chat!
2. Movie day by myself
3. Cruising the library for some much needed book action
4. Me and Muse sitting out on the patio working on the internal conflict blogfest that The Alliterative Allomorph will be hosting May 12th (Oh yeah, I just pimped her blog!)

See? I have a plan, and hopefully now that I've got the zest for life back, and I've talked about zebras the pep in my step with continue!!

43 comments:

I love rollerblading!! My son has discovered my pair, realized they fit him, and has been bitten by the blading bug. The good news is I have a partner to skate with. The bad news is we're short a pair of skates. His birthday is in a couple weeks so I guess I know what to get him!

My sister and her two kids are coming today. That'll definitely zest up my weekend! They used to live here in Atlanta but moved to Florida last year. Can't wait until they get here!

Inline skates are wings! I fly through the city everyday to and from work... And sometimes, smooth concrete basket ball courts call to me like a field of flowers to a butterfly, making me forget for an instant the distance devouring wing-beats of the albatross, and instead favor the dance of color and movement, a wonderful fluttering rainbow... that if fully worth getting in late to work for.

It's a long weekend here (some May Day mullarky) and I need to get my dress on and dance around the pole (the MAY pole - I don't mean that in a smutty way!). Seriously, I have no big plans other than working myself up in a state about impending edits.

Zest is such a great word. I will be singing at a retirement community Saturday, then out for lunch with the gals to celebrate. Then driving up to Santa Fe with 3 gal pals to hear another gal pal sing in a a choir. Sunday I pack for my trip to Portland, OR. A weekend of zesty activities.Karen

Awesome word choice! OMG, I want a pair of rollerblades now. I used to skate every day after school until supper time and then I'd go out again after supper. I haven't gone in years, what's wrong with me?

Awesome!!! Zest is an awesome word! Hmmm not much zest this weekend, but next weekend I'm going to King's Island (it's a theme park in Cinncinnati Ohio) for a band competition! And then of course we'll ride all of the rollercoasters and procede to throw up!Hehe. x)Have a zesty weekend!xx,~Abby~

Finding out one of my blogger friends is getting published actually added a little zest to my day. How exciting for herA I think that's so great and so nineties that you're rollerblading. If I wasn't out to here pregnant I'd be tempted to try it out myself. As for my own weekend zest, my mom's group is having a Mom's Night Out and I am sooooo looking forward to it.

Gorgeous photo, zebras are such a work of art! I love your Zesty plan; YOU make me think I need to shake things up a bit. I am suppose to be making stuff to take to a funky store in the Outer Banks, next week...try to pimp my creations. I love your list, I may borrow a few...I think my Muse wants Mexican food..I look forward to reading everyone's creations in Alliterative Allomorph's blog! Good luck!!!

Weekend? Oh crap, I must have missed it. Okay so I'm a little behind on my blogs. It's been easy to get behind the past month--there was so much to read and still so much left.

Thank you so much for a great challenge. Glad you were with us til the end. Now it's back to the same old grind except non-alphabetical. You can still post a reflection if you want--the Linky is open til Wednesday I believe.Hope you'll join us on May 17th for the 15 favorite albums post-- there'll be another Linky list open for that in a few days.